Engaging and disengaging gear for ships&#39; boats.



H. W. BROADY.

ENGAGING AND DISENGAGING GEAR FOR SHIPS BOATS.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 6. 1914.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

ml: COLUMBIA PLANOURAPH co., WASHINGTON. D. c

HARRY W. BROADY, OF BAYSIDE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 WELIN MARINE EQUIP-MENT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEVV'YOR-K.

ENGAGING AND DISENG-AGING GEAR. FOR SHIPS BOATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Applicationfiledlunc 6, 1914. Serial No. 843,392.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HARRY W. BROADY, acitizen of the United States, and a'resident of Bayside, borough ofQueens, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Engaging and Disengaging Gear for ShipsBoats, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in engaging and disengaging gearfor ships boats and particularly an improvement in the type of gearillustrated in Letters Patent to Mills, amen r5, of January 2d, 1894.

The object of the present invention is to produce a device in which theoperating or hook-disengaging connections are so ar ranged as tomultiply the power of the operator, so as to enable a comparativelyshort hook-disengaging lever to be employed and to enable theapplication of such multiplied power equally to hooks at opposite endsof the boat to cause a simultaneous release thereof; and to permit thefirst pulley over which the operating connections pass from the hook tobe positioned at a point adjacent to the bracket in which the hook ispivoted and also to permit the bearings of such pul ley to be formedintegrally with such bracket, whereby a more compact, stronger and morerigid construction may be made.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar reference charactersdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a metallic boat equippedwith a gear made in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the metallic boat illustrated in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sideelevation of the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4: is a perspectiveview of a hood preferably employed by me which fits over the supportsfor the hook.

Referring now to these drawings, 11 are forked supports or ring guidingmembers, one of which is rigidly and firmly retained at each end of theboat and, as shown, is securely attached to the shell plating thereof bybrackets 22. Each of such forked supports or ring-guiding members hasintegrally formed therewith at its upper end a surface or top plate 4,which plate is provided with an opening 5 of sufficient size to permitthe entrance of the ring or eye of the pulley or other boat-hoisting andlowering apparatus (not shown). The said forked support. 1 is preferablymade V-shaped at its upper end so as to guide the ring or eye of thepulley block into position when lowered into said opening 5 of the plate4, and a tripping or engaging hook 7 is pivoted intermediate its endsand so positioned in relation to each of the forked supports below the Vshaped ring guiding portion that it will readily engage or hook oversaid pulley ring or eye. Each tripping hook is provided with a stem 8extending below the pivotal point and the lower end of said stem has acounterweight 9. Devices, or parts of devices, substantially similar tothose above described are included in saidpatent to Mills No. 512,045and are common in the art, and my invention consists in combining withsuch old devices the novel features and arrangements which will now bedescribed.

An eye 10 is positioned on each stem 8 intermediate the pivotal pointand said weight so as to. afford a comparatively short releasing ordisengaging lever between said point and the pivot of the hook.

Arranged along the inner side of the gunwale of the boat and suitablyguided to permit ready sliding or longitudinal movement thereof are rods11l1 and to one of the ends of each of such rods is secured two chains1212 or other flexible connections, which chains are guided in oppositedirections and pass over pulleys 13 mounted in bearings which are formedintegral with the top or the surface plate 4L, and the opposite ends ofsuch chains 1212 are connected to'the eyes 10 on the stems of thetripping hooks at opposite ends of the boat. It will be apparent that itis desirable to position this pulley as close to the said plate aspossible first, for reasons of economy of manufacture; second, toprocure a compact and very rigid supporting structure, and third, toenable the placing of these engaging and disengaging devices close tothe respective ends of the boat to facilitate nesting of two or moreboats and also to facilitate installation of the device. It will also beunderstood that the entire weight of the boat, which in some casesamounts to many thousand pounds, must be supported by these hooks andbrackets and furthermore that, while it is a comparatively simple matterto install a device having this integrally possible to employ the shortleverage here mounted pulley in its closely adjacent posi tion, it ismuch more difficult to attach a separate pulley in adistantposition onthe to connect the chains intermediate the pivot 1 and thecounter-weight, which would permit only a relatively short leverage asaforesaid. Such a short leverage, however, would, with old arrangements,makeit substantially impossible for one man to operate or disengage thehooks, and in order to enable the facile operation of the hooks by oneman and the simultaneous releasing of the tripping hooks at oppositeends of the boat, I provide the contiguous ends of the jointed rods 1111with pulleys 1313 which are secured to or mounted in the ends of suchrods and are movable or travel therewith, and have an actuating chain orrope 14: which is fixed intermediate its ends as at 14, the oppositestrands or portions of which are led in opposite directions and passover the pulleys 1313 at the ends of the rods and then double backwardlypass ing over pulleys 1515, the ends of such strands being connected toa handle 16. By

this arrangement I am enabled to multiply the power applied to the rodsand make it inabove referred to- A hood 20 having a top plate 20 and twoside-plates 20 and 20 respectively is fitted over the forked supports 1so that the plate 20 rests upon the surface plate 4 of such forkedsupports, and said top plate 20 is provided'with an opening or aperture21 which registers with the opening 5 of the plate at. The side platesare rounded at their rear portion to conform with theconfiguration ofthe shell plating of the boat and are connected thereto by angle irons22423; I

The operation of the device will be obvious from theabove.

Having described my invention, I claim:

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supporting one of such hooks at each end of th boat, connectionswithopposite hooks suitably guided within the boat and extending towardeach other, each connection having a pulley journaled at its end, aninde pendent flexible connection passing over each of said pulleys, saidconnections having one of their ends fixed to the boat, and the oppositevend terminating adjacent to each other, and a common pulling-handleattached to said opposite ends as and for the purpose specified.

2. In engaging and disengaging gear for ships boats the combination witha pair of tripping hooks pivoted intermediate its ends andprovided witha counterweight,

two connections having one of their ends engaging the hooks intermediatetheir pivotal points and the counterwelghts, sa1d connections beingsuitably guided within the boat, extending toward each other, and havingpulleys journaled at their ends, a flexible connection fixedintermediate its ends at a point between the ends of the connectionshaving the pulleys to form independently-movable and oppositely disposedstrands, one strand of such flexible connec--,

tion passing over each pulley, a handle connectlng the ends of thestrands whereby the manipulation of said handle will cause the.connections and pulleys to move toward each other to simultaneouslyrelease the tripping hooks at the opposite ends of the V boat.

3. In engaging and disengaging gear for ships boats a tripping hook, apulley-ring gulding bracket and means for supporting the same, sa1dbracket provlded with a surface plate having a ring insertion opening, ahood fitting over sa1d bracket havlng a ring insertion openingregistering therewith and havlng independent connections withthe boat atopposite sidesof said bracket.

In witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specificationin the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY W. BROADY. l/Vitnesses:

HELEN V. HOLMES, FREDERICK P. RANDOLPH.

Washington, D. G. i

